Asymptomatic COVID-19 carriers may be just as infectious as those displaying symptoms, a study accepted for publication in Nature found.
Researchers tested more than 70 percent of residents in a small Italian town that locked down in February due to COVID-19.
About 42.5 percent of residents with confirmed COVID-19 infections were asymptomatic. There was no statistically significant difference in asymptomatic and symptomatic patients’ viral load, which offers a measure of infectivity.
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